prescribe and proscribe

To prescribe means to recommend or to authorize.
To proscribe means to forbid.

Prescribe

The verb to prescribe means to recommend or authorize.

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Proscribe

The verb to proscribe means to forbid, to limit or to banish.

Examples:
PRO IS BAD?

Proscribe causes confusion because many do not expect a word that starts with pro to have such negative connotations. (As a preposition and a prefix, pro often means for or supportive of.)


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What are prepositions? What are verbs? List of easily confused words